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  2. Joseph Gayetty - Wikipedia

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    Joseph C Gayetty [disputed – discuss]. Joseph C. Gayetty (c.1827 – May 2, 1895) was an American inventor credited with the invention of commercial toilet paper. [1] [2] [3] It was the first and remained only one of the few commercial toilet papers from 1857 to 1890 remaining in common use until the invention of splinter-free toilet paper in 1935 by the Northern Tissue Company.

  3. Toilet paper - Wikipedia

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    Joseph Gayetty is widely credited with being the inventor of modern commercially available toilet paper in the United States. Gayetty's paper, first introduced in 1857, was available as late as the 1920s. Gayetty's Medicated Paper was sold in packages of flat sheets, watermarked with the inventor's name.

  4. This Is What People Used Before Toilet Paper Existed - AOL

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    No need to fear, toilet paper is here! Thankfully, toilet paper is in high supply once again after 2020’s toilet paper shortage. Unless you have a bidet, a world without toilet paper seems ...

  5. Timeline of United States inventions (before 1890) - Wikipedia

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    But according to a CNN article, the idea of a commercial product designed solely to wipe a person's buttocks was by New York City entrepreneur Joseph Gayetty, who in 1857, invented aloe-infused sheets of manila hemp dispensed from Kleenex-like boxes. However, Gayetty's toilet paper was a failure for several reasons.

  6. Category:Inventors from Massachusetts - Wikipedia

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  7. Marvin Glass and Associates - Wikipedia

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    Simon, one of numerous games designed by Marvin Glass and Associates. Marvin Glass and Associates (MGA) was a toy design and engineering firm based in Chicago.Marvin Glass (1914–1974) and his employees created some of the most successful toys and games of the twentieth century such as Mr. Machine, Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots, Lite Brite, Ants in the Pants, [1] Mouse Trap, Operation, Simon, Body ...

  8. Frederick McKinley Jones - Wikipedia

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    Frederick McKinley Jones (May 17, 1893 – February 21, 1961) was an American inventor, entrepreneur, engineer, winner of the National Medal of Technology, and an inductee of the National Inventors Hall of Fame. [1] He innovated mobile refrigeration technology.

  9. Timeline of electrical and electronic engineering - Wikipedia

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    German inventor Karl Ferdinand Braun invented cathode ray oscilloscope (CRO). 1901: First transatlantic radio transmission by Guglielmo Marconi 1901: American engineer Peter Cooper Hewitt invented the Fluorescent lamp. 1904: English engineer John Ambrose Fleming invented the diode. 1906: American inventor Lee de Forest invented the triode. 1908